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1. Write On: Letters to 91������̳ Weekly

   happen to Iraq. On January 17, 1991, the first day of the Gulf War, Iraq was hit by the explosive ... battered and bewildered country that one of the largest invasion forces in history is now poised to ... attack would be an invasion, a missile attack or an air raid from an aircraft carrier or from a foreign ...

2. Fireworks versus truth, reconciliation and justice

   was the Invasion Day rally, one of the biggest protests in Sydney since the Vietnam Moratoriums. This ... to drop its annual Australia Day fireworks on August 24 in recognition of how sensitive this date is ... dispossession of its Indigenous peoples. But Australia is the only one to hold its national day on the very date ...

3. Anti-choice terrorism in the US

   doctor", said Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, at an anti-abortion rally held in Melbourne, ... They are constantly harassed outside the clinics at which they work. Just days before the murder, ... posters with Gunn's photograph and home phone number were distributed at an Operation Rescue rally in ...

4. US-led war can only worsen Middle East violence

   Worker. That day, US President Barack Obama announced plans to extend US air strikes into Syria. ... weaponry at a force that arose as a direct consequence of imperialism — in particular, the US invasion and ... self-declared “caliphate”. This makes it the perfect enemy to help US imperialism rally support, domestically ...

5. Behind the rise of Obama

   foreign policy during their eight years in power. The invasion of Iraq was part of a plan to bring about ... a modern day version of colonial rule in the Middle East — with Israel as the Western outpost, and ... same essential goal, but sees the invasion and occupation of Iraq as provoking more nationalist ...

6. Unity and the anti-war movement

   a war had been launched. Some 30 million people took part in the February 14-16 international day of ... Australia, more than 1 million took to the streets that weekend. After the invasion, the war seemed to gain ... Iraqis. Just three months after the invasion, this unravelling of the justification for the war — combined ...

7. We are all Muslim — Defend civil liberties

   marches, such as the March in August, refugee rights rallies and trade union mass meetings, show that the ... well when committing Australian troops to the invasion of Iraq a decade ago is set for a re-run. The ... attacks on identifiable Muslim women, whose right to go about in public without fear is reduced. The day ...

8. US backs Saudi crimes, at home and abroad

   first invasion, Saudi forces continue to dominate Bahrain. The Saudi devotion to Wahhabism, a radical ... miserably. A recent development in this ongoing saga was the Houthi’s compliance with a five-day ceasefire, ... has killed thousands of civilians, just two days before meeting with US officials to discuss safety ...

9. Socialists plan fightback against Howard

   contingent for the Sydney May Day rally this year. It also endorsed a call for a unified Socialist Alliance ... opposition to the invasion of Iraq and the like?" Bassi took issue with the NSW Labor government, which ... contingent at May Day and other union actions. It also supported calls for industrial action on June 30 in ...

10. Write on

    declined to mention that in the letter) began with an attack on a rally at Adelaide University that was ... organised on October 27 by Resistance against upfront fees. The rally was a great success and aimed to ... Flinders University were on strike for the day. Lord criticises Resistance for collecting names for a cross ...

11. ZIMBABWE: MDC, farm workers Mugabe's real target

    of Trade Unions (ZCTU), a three-day uprising in Harare against food prices, and extended strikes by ... response, strikers and protesters were baton-charged and shot by Mugabe's riot police. Protest rallies ... a Harare rally attended by 20,000 working people. Its founding congress on January 29 was attended by ...

12. Trump's ‘war on terror’ as barbaric as he promised

    more than 70 people with air strikes against Syrian military targets. Written days before the Idlib ... was preceded a few days earlier by the  killing of dozens of Syrian civilians  in Raqqa province when ... reached its rhetorical peak of derangement in November 2015, when he roared at a campaign rally that he ...

13. The struggle of women workers in Indonesia

    Struggle (PPBI), came to Australia on the invitation of the Perth International Women's Day Collective ... and spoke at the IWD rally on March 11, where she highlighted the plight of women in the third world ... Day. Can you talk a little about the kinds of issues women in the third world, particularly Indonesia, ...

14. Write on: letters to the editor

    Order is living up to its ideals. The Turkish invasion of Iraq has their allies — the three monkeys of ... that the government of the day serve the interests of the people, not the interests of the state or the ... Last week, I rang the Wilderness Society about a rally in Brisbane I saw advertised in this paper ...

15. PALESTINE: 'They beat them, they shoot them, but they keep marching'

    Defence Forces coming to his house on a daily basis. "We would have days where my parents could not ... go out because of the curfew. There were days when my parents would tell me that there are no shops ... a three-day strike." Abukeshek became aware of the resistance to the occupation when the first intifada ...

16. Pakistan: The latest victims of the 'the war on terror'

    and Rudd have argued the invasion of Iraq was a "mistake" that diverted resources from the ... August 2008. During Obama's first 100 days in office, 14 drone strikes killed 152 civilians and two ... 30, Associated Press reported on a Lahore protest two days before in which "participants spoke ...

17. Cochabamba challenges governor

    governor). In a so called pro-democracy, pro-autonomy rally in December, Cochabamba governor Manfred Reyes ... Villa's previous history, combined with his December 14 call at a public rally of his supporters for ... began to march each day, demanding the resignation of Manfred Reyes Villa. On January 11, violence ...

18. Labor divisions over war deepen

    that the party leadership will not tolerate this. “At the end of the day, Labor will make a decision, ... Mining and Energy Union have decided to call protests the day after any war on Iraq begins. To have ... telling the press that he “welcomed the rallies”, which would demonstrate people’s support for “peaceful ...

19. Chiapas: the end of 'the end of history'

    anti-government newspaper. Fifteen months beforehand, on New Year's Day 1994, the Zapatista National ... rallies occur on a weekly basis, attracting up to 100,000 people in support of the EZLN. At one march ... I witnessed the results of this invasion in late March as a participant in one of the regular caravans to ...

20. Conference builds left alliances and international solidarity

    the "Troops out!" rallies next March — the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq — are ... environment" to "Stop the race to the bottom", and a two-day labour movement exposure tour on October ... Worker Links told GLW: "This year, the international solidarity forum replaced the AAWL Open Day ...

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